Twice in a Lifetime

The Time Traveler’s Wife meets Oona Out of Order in this imaginative and moving debut novel of a love more powerful than time. Isla has fled the city for small-town Missouri in the wake of a painful and exhausting year. With her chronic anxiety at a fever pitch,the last thing she expects is to meet a genuine romantic prospect. And she doesnΓÇÖt. But she does get a text from a man who seems to think heΓÇÖs her husband. Obviouslya wrong numberΓÇöexcept when she points this outthe mystery texter sends back a picture. Of themΓÇöon their wedding day. Isla cautiously starts up a texting relationship with her maybe-hoaxmaybe-husband Ewanwho claims to be reaching out from a few years into the future. Ewan knows Isla incredibly welland seems to love her exactly as she iswhich she can hardly fathom. But heΓÇÖs also grievingbecause in the futurehe and Isla are no longer together. Ewan is texting back through time to save her from a fate he is unwilling to shareΓÇöand all she can do to prevent that fate is to learn to be happynowin the body she haswith the mind she has. The only trouble is the steps she takes in that direction might be steps away from a future with Ewan. Melissa BaronΓÇÖs time-crossed romance features a quintessentially endearing and brave protagonistand an engrossing plot that will keep you turning pages until its breathtaking finish.